What‘s In The Basement: Recent Episodes
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What‘s in The Basement? Well it‘s casual, comedic, chaotic, and Canadian! Join your friends Pat, Anton, and Chris as they give unique perspectives on… well… everything. Relationships, Finances, Video Games, The Internet, Pop Culture, and Just Being Alive! No topic is too big, too small, or too weird. We’ll tackle everything that the universe, internet, and you can throw at us. - New Episodes Every Monday
Live on April 6th, 2022.
Back in April Chris and Anton predicted just what would happen to Twitter if Elon took control from the Libs.
Live on March 23rd, 2022.
Chris and Anton show off their accent skills (if you can call them skills) ands teach the world what it REALLY means to be Italian.
Live on March 16th, 2022.
Chris and Anton talk. A lot.. about.. things. I'll be honest, it's been a long time since this episode was recorded and I don't remember what we talked about and I don't have time to go check, but I can guarantee we mentioned Elon Musk and Putin at least once.
Live on March 9th, 2022.
00:00 - Intro
03:36 - The Batman Spoilers
17:30 - Spoilers Over
22:51 - Wheels vs Doors
35:54 - Ethan Getting Married, Chris is Single
38:53 - Top 8 Months
Live on March 2nd, 2022.
Pat got a new studio just for us to record the podcast in. Does it suck? He is stupid? The answers might surprise you!!
Live on February 23rd, 2022.
One is American, one is Canadian. Can you really compare these two amazing music festivals? Yes, yes you can. You can compare anything, don't be an idiot.
Live on February 16th, 2022.
We got a whole conspiracy theory here. Yes, it will bring about the collapse of society (if that hasn't already happened yet).
Live on February 2nd, 2022.
Chris and Anton got a new game! You donate, we spin. Whatever the wheel lands on we gotta do. Some of this is gonna suck... for us.
Live on January 26th, 2022.
Losing his sight only made Anton grow stronger in ways unimaginable by the modern mortal man. Think Daredevil, but with better hair and a greater love of cheese
Live on January 17th, 2022.
Chris tries playing a new mystery game during the stream... and for a guy who is notoriously bad at video games.... we gotta say it could have gone worse.
Live on January 12th, 2022.
Timestamps roughly line up with podcast times!
00:00 - Intro 00:31 - ECHOS 01:39 - Echoes Over 10:16 - Chris Gets New Roommates 14:32 - Anton Was a BAD Kid 15:43 - First Question Ever 16:58 - Anton Gets a Record Player 19:25 - Anton & Wunder's Feud Over The Weeknd Continues 22:49 - Chris Lives in a Van 30:32 - Fresh Prince Gritty Reboot 32:45 - Anton HATES Zendaya's Euphoria 41:41 - Chris Disappoints Anton 42:05 - Chris Thinks He's Twitter Famous 45:08 - $50 Giveaway!!! 55:35 - Anton Loves Marvel Now?!?! 1:01:36 - Spier-Man: No Way Home 1:02:47 - Klay Thompson & Conor McGregor 1:04:52 - Francis Ngannou 1:07:17 - Jake Paul vs Dana White 1:10:53 - Wrap It Up
Live on December 30th, 2021. Anton and Chris look back on the year of 2021 and reminisce about how far they've come, how far the podcast has come, and talk about what they are expecting and looking forward to in 2022.... which Chris claims will be the end of the world.
Live December 20th, 2021. The episode roughly follows these timestamps:
00:00 Intro
10:49 Win $50 Amazon Gift Card!!
17:15 Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley
22:59 Our Badass Alter Egos
25:29 Ultimate Best Christmas Movies
35:25 Spider-Man No Way Home Spoilers
47:15 Spoilers Over, You're Safe
Live on December 15th, 2021.
ECHO WARNING FIRST 7 MINUTES!
Chris predicts that Jake Paul will retire from boxing... and is...kind of right? Anton and Chris figure out how long it would take each of them to eat their body weight in hot dogs. The answer will surprise you. Anton and Chris try and decide what the toughest animal they could each fight and win with their bare hands. Anton is shocked and appalled by Chris's answer. They also talk about much much much more!
Live on December 8th, 2021. Anton and Chris talk about Society, man. Chris has become obsessed with Lacrosse and talks about going to see Halifax's newest Lacrosse team with his girlfriend (yes, she is real). The boys talk about Keanu Reeves and The Matrix 4. The boys talk about their upcoming secret Santa gift exchange. Finally, Anton and Chris get hyped about getting tickets to the Osheaga music festival this summer in Montreal with Patrick, where they're going to see Foo Fighters, Dua Lipa, A$AP Rocky, and more!! It's gonna be EPIC!!!
Live on December 1st, 2021. Chris and Anton look back over their 2021 music listening on Spotify and unveil their biggest songs, artists, genres and more. All while exposing Spotify Wrapped for the scam it really is.
Live on November 23rd, 2021. Anton and Chris breakdown the Top 10 traits women want in men but are too afraid to tell them. One of the traits include shaving giant hands that can squeeze oranges with ease? The rest of the traits? Well just listen and you'll find out what they are!
Live on November 16th, 2021. Chris explains to Anton what the Eternals movie was about and why it was so bad. Chris and Anton try and figure out what Jake Gyllenhaal did to Taylor Swift to make her so mad or whatever is going on there. The future of the Apple Car. Chris and Anton form a Basement Army and recruit all their listeners to take part join their goal to invade Ireland.
Live on November 3rd, 2021. Chris brought Anton 4 different bottles of hot sauce for Anton to do a blind taste test with... it goes just about as well as you could imagine.
Live on October 27th, 2021. We talk money! We talk about what FaZe Clan's new stock is, why they might have invented it, and what it could all mean. Chris talks about the newest Batman trailer and then the boys talk about who should play the next Joker. Chris then gives the best movie review ever for 007: No Time To Die, and the boys talk about which actors/actresses they think should play James Bond next. They talk to the chat and so much more!
Live on October 19th 2021 - Chris learns that Demi Lovato is trying to stop people from using the word "Alien" when talking about extraterrestrials, so he then roasts her into oblivion. Chris teaches Anton about spatchcocking... and no it's not what you think it is, he swears. The boys chat with the live chat and learn a thing or two about life, love, and friendship... or whatever.
Live on October 14th 2021 - In this episode, Anton and Chris talk about the different celebrities that would be either really good if thrown into war or really bad... spoiler alert: Chris thinks Kanye West would kill it. They also take a lot of would you rather questions from the live chat. Things get very weird very quickly…
Live on October 6th 2021 - The following timestamps are approximate. Viewer discretion is advised... but we advise you listen to the podcast and then share it with your friends. Tell the world. You are the chosen one, share our message with the people.
00:00 - Intro 01:02 - Chris's Goal for Season 2 03:21 - Chris & Pat become RAVE BOYS in Montreal 06:39 - What if a beaver broke into your fridge? 8:23 - The boys hit a Strip Club in Montreal 11:58 - Montreal, the Vegas of Canada 13:13 - Deadmau5 hates Justin Bieber 16:03 - Zeds Dead is top 3 EDM duo 18:09 - Talking to Chat about Music n stuff 20:58 - Chris gets a WITB viewer out of a physics test 22:19 - The Worst Canadian Province 25:06 - Social media ruins hidden nature gems 28:57 - REAL FOOD CHALLENGES 30:37 - Where should you go to Post Secondary School (college/university) 35:48 - Chris got his ears pierced 37:27 - How to Become a Member 38:32 - Lightening Round: This vs. That 40:32 - New Punishments for Eating Contests 44:24 - NFL Draft Game EMOTIONAL 52:02 - Super Bowl 2022 Half Time Show, Wild! 53:15 - Stay home and live with your parents for college? 59:22 - Back to Anton guessing Super Bowl halftime show 1:04:06 - Chris works out, for sure 1:05:48 - Anton tells how to get JACKED 1:06:57 - Wrap it Up
The title says it all ladies and gentlemen. For Pat's final episode (of season 1) we play a special game where pat plays riffs of a song on his guitar and Anton and Chris have to race to guess which song it is!
Apologies for this being uploaded so late, things have been crazy, but here it is! Also the episode involves a lot more cool fun convo, but the best way to find out what it is is to listen! Enjoy!
The boys talked about a lot in this episode! Below are the approximate timestamps for what we talked about during this episode!
00:00 - intro
02:06 - Pat missed The Boys
05:11 - A couple Pirates in the room
08:20 - Chris confused Braveheart and Highlander
09:36 - Gladiator vs Troy (mostly us quoting Troy & yelling "Hector")
12:22 - Why you can't really trust history
14:22 - Chris's Cottage ~Trip~
16:35 - Chris helps with Physics
19:04 - Pat evades European Telecommunication Laws
20:36 - Chris's ideas about Aliens
24:54 - Asking Logan Paul for a job
27:38 - We crack TikTok's secret code
29:17 - Anton's Newest Sci-Fi Movie Idea
31:07 - Shang-Chi Review
37:10 - Rick & Morty Season 5 Finale
40:01 - Anton's New Addiction: Oysters
41:36 - Chris & Pat do Ilesoniq
46:06 - Grand Theft Auto Movie
47:06 - Top Three Mario Characters
57:39 - Wrap It Up
The Boys talk about.... well a lot of stuff! The below time stamps are approximate! Enjoys, ya nerds!
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Anton's first day of school
02:26 - Anton get Bionic Eyes
06:18 - Why do Icebreakers suck so much??
07:25 - We make new Icebreakers
10:10 - What would you buy with $100,000?
12:21 - Anton's New Job On Campus…
13:54 - Anton is strong like Bull, give Strong massage
19:28 - Pat & Anton see Daft Punk
23:45 - Pat nerds out over MUSIC
24:22 - Shouting Out Basement Members
26:30 - Basement Rating: Worst time to get a flat tire
40:23 - Kanye West DONDA album review
45:13 - Drake's Certified Lover Boy
46:48 - Greatest Drake songs & albums of all time
50:17 - Why Kanye is a GENIUS (emotional)
53:25 - Bill Burr's Kanye West bit
55:47 - Pat sees Tyler, The Creator
58:22 - Pat Lightening Round Questions
- Pizza or garlic fingers
- Ramen or sushi
- Coca-cola or beer
- Sour patch kids or fuzzy peaches
- Chocolate ice cream or vanilla (or strawberry)
- J Cole or Kendrick Lamar
- Lightening or thunder
- Imagine Dragons or Nickelback (or Da Baby)
1:01:02 - Imagine Dragons or Wendy's
1:01:45 - Boobs or sleep
1:02:34 - Cellphone or Car doors
1:03:34 - Butts or Pizza
1:04:22 - Wrap It Up
The boys run through some of the world's best and most notorious snacks in order to draft their ultimate snack teams. Who do you think came out on top with the best snacks??
In this episode Anton and the boys talk about: their rave weekend. How Chris and Pat got food poisoning (or algae poisoning??). The tattoos they got. The new eternals trailer! Pt's undying early childhood love for AC/DC. Everything they think they should do next episode, but not this episode. They draft teams of their favourite classic rock bands. Pat tries to convince Chris that Nirvana is classic rock (Chris does not believe him, no one else should either). The boys research biggest bands in Australia, Sweden, and Canada. The Nova Scotia election, yay politics! Favorite ice cream flavors. How rent prices only go up (sort of like stock prices). Anton has issues with eggnog. The world's first horse. Pizza vs. Burger. An More!!
An interview with the amazing Halifax musician, Tommy Green Jr.! The boys talk to Tommy about how they all first met (which somehow included Anton being naked). How Tommy got his start in music, his life touring on cruise ships, Tommy and Patrick talk about their own endeavors in music, as well as his experience dropping a music video for his new single So Long!! And much much much more!
So Long Music Video: https://youtu.be/vGC_781qgrM Tommy’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TommyGreenJrmusic Tommy's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1HLdAJQinrAJuMBXxUjet5?si=tjgEKaCuStq1FyAyIE5C0Q&dl_branch=1 Tommy's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/tommygreenjr/
On this week's episode the boys take on one of the modern day's greatest conspiracies: The Grand Bic Mac. We compare a regular McDonald's burger, Big Mac, and Grand Big Mac to see if there really is a difference! We also talk about: Tinder makes streetwear clothing. McDonald's sprite hits different. Big Mac is the Lebron James of McDonald's Burgers. McDonald's please sponsor us already, please. Our NEW MUSICAL GUEST COMING SOON. Anton Thinks Joe Rogan is Too Serious. Z House 3 Conspiracies. How To Survive Zombie Apocalypse. The Great Crab War. Relationship Advice. Pat Didn't Know Girls Liked Him. And more!
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The boys raise the stakes (or fries) for their 30th episode!! Every time a viewer on the stream donates $5 or more or becomes a member of the channel the boys will eat a small McDonalds fries! Spoiler Alert: It ended up being way harder than they thought. The boys also talked about the best place to buy chicken nuggets. Loki episode 6. Best dog breeds. Pat gives his review of Valorant! New Kanye West album. Lobsters are just sea bugs. Pat plays Mauer Der Toten. The Biggest Clutch of TheSmithPlays Zombies Career. ETHAN LEATHERBERRY DONATES $250 TO THE STREAM! What scares you most? How to survive a zombie apocalypse. Worst Zombie Animals. The Best/Worst Video Games to Be in! And more!
The title says it all baby! This week Chris, Anton, and Pat go through the MCU's top 24 superheroes and draft them into each of their own elite superhero teams to fight against one another for the title of Supreme Superhero Team! After this the boys do what they do best: talk about things! We follow up with a fan question that we were asked before but there time this is more to it! Chris asks: Would you rather win the boxing championship of the world after 10 rounds or by a 4 second knock out? Anton asks: If you're going on a road trip and can only listen to 3 artists the whole time, who would you choose? Anton explains why he didn't like Vince Staples. Cottage has new music! and so much more!
In this thrilling Episode, the boys go on a mighty taste test of 11 donuts to finally decide once and for all which is the best! Is this an excuse for us to eat donuts? Who cares! We did it anyway! Also in this episode we talk about: What we are going to do with some salad if we get 100 members on YouTube (it's gonna be something weird for sure). Pat HATES east coast music. Cottage dropped a new song! We should we go if we ever took WITB on tour? Pat has a horrible immune system and we're surprised he's made it this far in life! What's going to happen to Anton's butt cheeks if someone donates us $500. Chris keeps going on dates, you can only imagine how that's been going for him. And more!!
This week the boys put their taste buds to the ultimate test as they drink Coke and Pepsi products and try to figure out which is which! They also talk about: favourite Pink Floyd songs. Amouranth's hot tub streams. Loki and The Hulk Disney+ shows. Anton's new tv show idea. Salad. Guessing each other's favourite fast food spots. Guessing different movies the other is trying to explain the plot to. Answering fan questions. And just a lot of interacting with the fans on the YouTube Live Chat!
Pat and Anton do Chris' Rainbow Drink Challenge where they drink certain drinks and have to guess what they're tasting. The boys talk about Tyler The Creator's new album. Pat's college poop story. Pat's hot sauce story. The boys love street meat after a night of drinking... what does that even mean? idk listen and find out. Anton's Lulu Lemon Robbery story. Ah Canadian Summers. Where would we rather move now?? Housing is expensive. Corinna Kopf leaked nudes from only fans. Billie Eilish cancelled. Anton's Barstool YAK obsession. Loki episode 3! A bunch of dating stories and Pat's bad Air BnB story!
We are FINALLY back in the recording studio together for the World's GREATEST Burger Eating Contest! While eating the burger, this episode we talked about: Pat moving to Austin Texas :( The new Loki Disney+ show. Our favourite foods. The difference between TheSmithPlays and NiftySmith. The nutritional value of a McDonald's Hamburger. Anton's Covid 19 Vaccine experience. The meat sweats. Anton's extraordinarily small bladder. Jake Paul's upcoming fight with Tyron Woodley. How much Anton hate's Dana White. Doing Hamburger ASMR. Pat's new protein ice cream recipe. Chris playing Fortnite. Pat's Date. Chris' stories of his time as a dumb young man not wearing condoms. And a whole bunch more!
Anton has a new podcast game: Pop Culture NBA Brackets. For the first round he chose Game of Thrones & Lord of The Rings and gave them positions on opposing basketball teams then Chris and Pat vote who would win! (You can vote too if you head over to the Community Tab on our YouTube channel). We talk about Floyd Mayweather throwing his fight with Jake Paul... oops I mean Logan Paul. Relationship Advice about if you should start trying to get into a relationship at a young age! El Salvador to use Bitcoin as a real Currency. Chris is back on Tinder baby! Tell us if his bio is good or bad! Pat's bidet supremacy complex and whether you should be a folder or a crumpler... Would you rather be in Prison forever or homeless forever? Our takes on the Bo Burnham special! The Loki show is coming! Our takes on Rick & Morty in Fortnite! Olivia Rodrigos new album! Surfing with Chris! and more! Also we think next episode will finally be in person again!!
Back for another distanced podcast! Hopefully one of our last as restrictions lighten up here! This week we talk about: Humans are going to be their own end. Duh. The Friends reunion show. The new Eternals trailer featuring John Snow and Rob Stark. They're going to make a Fast & Furious Jurassic World Crossover Movie. Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather fight this weekend!! Relationship advice. Never get married and you'll never get divorced! We got vaxxed... well not all of us. Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?! How to satisfy yourself. The upcoming Burger Challenge. New brain disease. And More!!
WE ARE BACK BABY!!... Well... kind of... We're still in lockdown, but we were able to zoom call together and produce a pretty good episode... all things considered. We decided to once again push the Burger Eating Contest until we can be back together in person! This episode we talked about Anton's stiff posture and horrible shoulders. Why Anton is wearing a suit, does he have an interview? Is he a mob boss? Anton explains how American politicians are being targeted with Microwave Cannons? The US Government announced that they will be giving more evidence of aliens on Earth on June 1st! Chris is almost done watching Breaking Bad for the first time! New Rick and Morty trailer. Fan Question: Which Part of Your Life Most Impacted Your Outlook? Would you rather only PUSH or only PULL?? Soup or Pizza Crust? $1 Million now or $10 Million in 10 years? New Cottage song Dropped!!! and MORE!!
The boys talk about: It's another live episode baby! Pat dropped a new song called Ouwa!! Chris decides to do the entire episode in a Texan accent and gives up pretty quickly (points for trying). Patrick explains how much better his life is after getting a bidet. Anton suggests him and Chris do a burger eating contest next episode - or maybe hotdogs, or crackers, or ice cream. Chris and Pat talk The Falcon and The Winter Soldier ending. Chris explains DMX's funeral and the Josh Fight. Anton elaborates on UFC fighter Chris Weidman breaking his leg in half during a fight. Pat talks about a creepy documentary called Samsara. Pat and Anton face off in Chris's game: Guess The Sound. The boys give various relationship advice on how to start talking to a girl you do karate with, how to get girls when you're young, and whether or not you should sleep with your hot female roommate. The boys are back in Covid Lockdown :( And more!!
It's Live baby!... Or at least it was when it was recorded on YouTube. To celebrate Episode 20 the boys record it as a Livestream on YouTube and include a few fan interactions! The boys talk about: The Jake Paul and Ben Askren fight was probably fixed, Anton thinks celebrity boxing is the new WWE. Chris is getting absolutely JACKED (so he thinks) and shares some tips on how you can be like him too. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier episode 5 left Pat and Chris very disappointed (some spoilers). Relationship Advice: Is it cheating if you're on a break?? What were Pat, Anton, and Chris' first ever jobs?? Pat reminisces about the early Fortnite days and turning down Epic Games promotion before Fortnite was big. Why Minecraft has turned into a slavery simulator. Would You Rather: Take off and put on your clothes 10 times every time you get dressed or walk in and out of a door 10 times every time you have to go through a doorway? Chris mocks a British fan after they donate to the stream… c'mon Chris. Pat talks about how his life has been ever since ending TheSmithPlays. How does Anton deal with his Cheese addiction with his girlfriend.
Anton is hungover from a long night of drinking, so like the good friends they are, Chris and Pat roast him nonstop for it. The weather is getting warmer, and for these three Canadians that can only mean one thing (besides drinking): Arguing about camping. Anton explains why the Aliens haven't made contact with humans yet. Pat explains why social media is great and validation from strangers is amazing. Marvel vs DC, why Batman is the ONLY good DC character, and how Marvel movies are the "Candy" of the comic book movie world. The Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren UFC fight is coming up and Chris is scared to admit he thinks Jake will win. Since Yahoo Answers is finally shutting down and deleting its archives, Chris reads some of the funniest questions he could find. Elon Musk tests Neuralink on a monkey and it plays Pong with its mind. Pat explains why we are all actually in a simulation. When will America's Empire finally fall? This one girl on Reddit thinks premature ejaculation is hot. Something special is happening for our next Episode (WITB #20), and it might just be a live streamed episode on YouTube… 👀
The Boys Answer Questions:
Would You Rather (WYR):
- WYR be able to Pause, Fast Forward, or Rewind time?
- Who would you choose to help you fight Mohamad Ali and Mike Tyson in their prime?
- Who would you rather date? (actor, singer, comedian, prince/princess, one of your friends, or a YouTuber)
- WYR never have to eat again or never have to sleep?
WITB Relationship Advice Fan Questions:
- What to do when a girl you have feelings for keeps giving you mixed signals; she becomes distant towards you when she get with other guys but then comes back to you when they break up.
- What to do when the girl you're dating constantly flirts with other people and it gives you trust issues. You know she doesn't like them, but it's still hard not to let it affect you. How do you talk to her about it?
The Boys Talk About: The best female pop artists of the mid-2000s according to Patrick. Pat & Anton compete in Chris' new Podcast Game: Where Was This Invented? Chris names something and gives 3 different countries to guess from; whoever gets it right makes the other put on a wacky article of clothing! David Dobrik is officially cancelled… we think? You all got pranked with "What's In The Attic", but we gave you a new logo to make up for it! Anton's Unpopular Opinion: Cyclists SUCK. We talk about Global Warming and how it's kind of working out well for Canada… unfortunately. Pat talks again about buying a Party House for Chris & Anton! Relationship Advice: How to get over a Friends With Benefits Relationship. Why Hot Boy Summer is in and White Boy Summer is Out! Pat has yet another take on Astrology, this time he's… for it? I guess?? Either way, Chris still thinks astrology girls are hot.
McSportzHawk enters The Basement!! The Boys Talk About: How and why the Z House was created and why it HAD to come to an end. Where everyone would be today if the Z House had never ended, and what a Z House Reunion would possibly look like! Matt moving away from Video Game content on YouTube moving towards video production with his company Team Playback - and his experiences working with the likes of Terrell Owens, Dom Mazzetti, and Amanda Steele. We talk Finances: Matt's new investment YouTube channel, Money For You; NFTs; and of course… Bitcoin!! We continue the debate about whether Roman (Nifty) is a human or a robot (he's gotta be a robot, man). We try and convince Matt to move to Halifax and continue our plan of convincing MrTLexify to move to Halifax. Relationship Advice: Should I tell my crush I have feelings for her now that she's in a committed relationship or never tell her and move on? Even more bitcoin talk about its future as a currency and investment tool! And more!
The Boys Talk About: Patrick's voice is still broken and his hand is still broken and he will never sing again. The boys reminisce about their old party days at university. Pat tells the story of the BEST party he's ever attended and the crazy Halloween parties his brother throws. Pat agrees to buy a Party House for Chris & Anton. The boys create a plan to get Lex to move to Halifax and join the podcast. Chris needs a new tattoo! Chris explains the stories behind his current tattoos and asks for help from you listeners to suggest him a new one! Pat and Chris talk about their failed plan to take a train across Canada that almost lead to them getting matching hand tattoos. Music Festivals! Pat and Chris reminisce about their music festival days and the plans they have for when Covid is over. Chris eats trail mix and Pat HATES it. Relationship Advice: Mistakes you've made in relationships that you've learned from; Advice for getting over someone after a relationship. Patrick pushes acupuncture onto Anton & Chris. Anton speaks out about the addiction he's been struggling with his whole life. The boys talk about the one year anniversary of The Lockdown and everything that's changed in their lives since (including the birth of NiftySmith). Pat has barber issues and Anton has FUNKY SOCKS.
NEW EPISODES UPLOADED SUNDAYS NOW! If you're reading this and about to listen to this new episode (or watch it on YouTube), you might notice something different! This episode was uploaded on a Sunday instead of Monday, and from now on that will always be the case!
In this fiery episode: Things get... heated. The boys start a spicy new Podcast Game: Hot Pepper Trivia! Anton & Chris go head to head answering trivia questions given by Pat. Whoever answers correctly is safe from a spicy sensation. As for the other… he has to eat a Red Thai Pepper - which typically range from 50,000 to 100,000 Scoville Heat Units. Blood, sweat, and tears.... and a lot more sweat get shed. After the game the boys decide to get things spicy by answering some Twitter questions and giving some high quality Relationship Advice about cheating, keeping a relationship once you get it, and having the confidence to ask for someone's number! The episode ends with The What's In the Basement definitive Fast Food Tier List comprised of the 17 best fast food spots we could come up with. If you're a big Burger King fan... listener discretion is advised. Check out the What's In The Basement YouTube channel to see the Tier List graphics.
Pat is back baby! After having two episodes in a row with special guests, the boys decide to reunite for the best comeback episode EVER. The boys talk about: What it's like being in your 20s and how life is so much better when your friends live close by! What the hell is an NFT?! How are musicians and artists using NFTs to sell their content?! What do NFTs have to do with Cryptocurrency?! And why the hell is the CEO of Twitter trying to sell his first ever tweet as an NFT for $2 Million?! Microsoft FINALLY invents holograms. David Dobrik launches his new social media app, Dispo - the Instagram for people who hate Instagram. A LOT of really good (awful) Dating and Relationship advice! Anton makes us play a game where we make BLTs using the worst possible ingredients you could imagine - comment on YouTube or tweet us at @WITBPodcasters to let us know who won. What is dry needling and why are Chris, Pat, and Anton all going to do it? The WandaVision Finale!! Calling out Ethan Klein from the H3 Podcast for seeking out and creating drama for content.
In this very special episode of What's In The Basement the boys interview Ryan Arey (@ryanarey) from the ScreenCrush YouTube channel! The boys talk about: How Ryan began doing stand up comedy in New York before getting involved with ScreenCrush. His time spent working with XXL Freshmen: and being in the room for the 2016 cypher with Kodak Black, 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty & Denzel Curry. The effort that goes into creating his weekly Easter Egg videos for tv shows like WandaVision & The Mandalorian. What can stop you from just picking a path and following your dreams. Why Batman is such an OVERRATED character. What you might be able to expect in the upcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. His current WandaVision Easter Eggs & Theories: who is the mystery actor/Character this left to join the show in the finale?! His new video about the novel and Netflix limited series The Queen's Gambit. Ultimate Podcast Game Show The Ryan Arey Edition: MCU & Marvel Comic Trivia. Star Wars talk: Why Anakin's "I don't like sand" scene is the best scene in Star Wars and all of cinema history, Why The Rise of Skywalker is the WORST Star Wars movie ever, and The contrast between Anakin's transformation into Darth Vader and Ben Solo's transformation (or lack there of on the screen) into Kylo Ren. What's going to happen in the Third MCU Spider-Man Movie (Spider-Man No Way Home). Why so many comic book movies have failed and were destined to fail from the projects' first beginnings. Why Iron Man 2 is the WORST MCU movie. Yes, even worse than Thor: The Dark World. And much much more!
This week's episode features MrTLexify as the first ever WITB special guest! Lex and the boys talk about: Lex's Twitter getting suspended. WITB convinces Lex to move to Nova Scotia and join the podcast. The future of cryptocurrency and all the bad crypto investments Pat has already made. How Anton and Lex first met 7 years ago at French camp in Quebec. Chris proclaims that MrTLexify is the Canadian Video Game Dunkey. How easy it is to burn out when starting a YouTube channel and the differences for creators now compared to when Pat and Lex first started. The Left-Brained vs. Right-Brained Theory. Lex going back to school online to get a Bachelors Degree in Biology (spoiler: zoom classes SUCK). The Best and Worst fast food joints in North America. Ultimate Podcast Game Show The Lex Edition: Harry Potter, Canada Facts, Z House Trivia. The Irrelevant Question: If you could have one super power what would it be, and which super power is the best?
The boys talk about: David Dobrik's new house and the different moves he's been making lately (launching a pizza company and a perfume line). Where in the world we'd build our $12 Million houses if we had David Dobrik money. How much we each think you should spend on a first date and all the different factors to consider. Pat enters the Ultimate Podcast Game Show: COD Zombies Trivia. Elon Musk's $1.5 Billion Bitcoin investment and the impacts it could have on other large corporations and the economy moving forward. What one other language would you speak other than your native language? Episode 12 teaser: MrTLexify special guest.
The boys talk about: If you were in the Hunger Games who would you choose as a partner? Anton takes a shot every 10 minutes to celebrate Episode 10! Chris gives his rundown of WandaVision. We predict the outcome Super Bowl LV. The Ultimate Podcast Game Show: Amazon Reviews. If the world were a Video Game, where is the Worst Place to Spawn? The Worst part of a Break Up is Not Finishing a TV Series Together. What's Something Nobody Knows Anything About, But Everyone Should Know? Our Songs of The Week.
The boys talk about: Pat's cool new Adam Shirt. If YouTubers were Stocks, who would you Invest in? Fantasy Sports are just Astrology for Men. The Ultimate Podcast Game Show: Marvel Villains or Dictator Quotes. How GameStop and Reddit user DeepF*ckingValue have changed the Stock Market forever (and how we're stupid for not buying GME stock two weeks ago when we made that first episode about it). Tom Brady is in his 10th Super Bowl because he doesn't eat Tomatoes. Our take on Jake Paul finally getting to fight a professional (Ben Askren). Barstool signs Nick Mercs & Logan Paul, but for what?
The boys talk about: MrBeast will send a picture of Chris' junk to the moon for only $10! Pat is going to beat MrBeast in a game of Catan (the best board game ever invented, ya freakin' nerds). Matt & JC from the Irrelevant Podcast give us a topic to discuss: Who are our dream podcast guests? Anton is heart broken after Connor McGregor loses another UFC fight. Anton guesses if song lyrics belong to Kanye or Taylor Swift. 50% of people are in relationships more so due to fear rather than love. The best Bernie Sanders Meme of 2021. Getting aliens addicted to crack in order to convince them to spare the human race. The Rock should be President of the USA.
The boys talk about: How addicting TikTok really is. Pat's new project of writing a Fantasy Novel about dragons. The definitive tier list for the worst types of pain in the world. How Patrick felt when his YouTube channel was taken down. The Rough N' Rowdy Barstool boxing match between Billy Football and Jose Conseco and Jose's Beef with Logan Paul. How the Redditors on R/WallStreetBets doubled GameStop's stock price in 2 days. Elon Musk is going to end up being a super villain. Would You Rather Be the Best Speaker of Every Language or Be the Best Player of Every Instrument? Men Think Women Want to Change Them, but Women Just Want to Help Them. A Lot of Environmentalists Are Just Hypocrites. If You Could Meet Any Historical Figure, Who Would You Meet & What Would You Ask? How Long Could You Survive Living off of $20,000? A Man Has 2 Guesses Left to Keep His $200 Million in Bitcoin.
The boys talk about: What it would take for you to choose to have sex in an alley. Chris had sex in a Jewish Frat House. Why you don't need a car if you live in a city. Would you rather only drive a moped or 18-wheeler for the rest of your life? Whether or not nipple piercings are hot or just inconvenient. Chris and Pat get stood up on dates. Ghosting is just part of tinder and you should expect it but not do it. Fan question: is it worth trying to build a relationship with a girl you just met who lives 4 hours away? Don't be needy when you're dating or in relationship. Dating is great but exhausting. Caring about looks shouldn't make you shallow. Whether or not people should be offended if they're told they are fat. If you have a big tv you're bad at sex. Anton thinks that people who run for fun or drink IPAs are the same people and they suck.
The boys talk about: Rate 5 stars on Apple Podcast so Pat can keep his Lamborghinis. Pat ending TheSmithPlays YouTube channel and how much he appreciates all the support he's been receiving from friends, fans, and fellow YouTubers as well as how big that decision was for him. Pat's transition into Music and the Podcast and the social aspect of being a Musical Artist. Pat talks about the physical struggles he's been facing with music after hurting his hand and throat. The boys dish out what each of their top 5 artists would be and why, as well as discuss the different musical acts they've seen live and what's made them so good or so bad (i.e., Tame Impala compared to Gucci Mane). Pat LOVES Belle Delphine, not just for her body but her brain, and apparently, it's pretty big. People (Americans) should stop glorifying hard work and instead glorify effective work.
The boys talk about: Growing up and getting "adulty" gifts for Christmas, there was a special ingredient in the food at Pat's & Anton's Christmas dinners, why KFC's new console (KFConsole) will be the best next gen gaming console on the market, Pat showed his mom a risky fleshlight meme, Pat talks about what it's like to be so famous and why he can't go to Walmart anymore, PewDiePie is The Beatles of our generation, what it's like for Anton & Chris to be Pat's friends, what 2020 would be as a mixed drink, and more.
The boys talk about: Worst ways to break up with someone; Anton got Scarlet Fever in university trying to win a binge drinking contest with Pat; the boys did Sober November and Pat becomes addicted to being sober (The Easy Way To Control Alcohol by Allen Carr); Anton HATES camping; how to keep going when things are looking bad; and Unpopular Opinions: Spicy food is bad, Moustaches are sexy, Listening to sad music while sad is bad, and more people getting into a niche hobby is a bad thing.
The boys talk about: Jake & Logan Paul's transition into the Fighting Industry; The 7 Deadly Sins and which we see in ourselves; our inspiration for the podcast; why Jeff Bezos can't end world hunger; the Mr. Beat Burger; getting to know Anton & Chris; why Taylor Swift is the Beatles of our generation, and more!
The boys talk about: FedEx almost destroyed the podcast; salsa dispensers, bowls, and cats are the worst Christmas gifts; the tradition of eating turkey is objectively bad & everyone should eat steak for Christmas; the biggest red flags in relationships; how meditation gave Chris and Pat mind powers; why you should consider investing in Bitcoin SOON; and what's next for TheSmithPlays.